There is a great deal to be said for the Arts. For one thing they offer the only career in which commercial failure is not necessarily discreditable. (Evelyn Waugh)

There is a great deal to be said for the Arts. For one thing they offer the only career in which commercial failure is not necessarily discreditable.

Evelyn Waugh

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